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Annette Cords

Certain themes persist in my work: the potential of mark-making, writing as drawing, language systems and vernacular styles, and how we process and interpret visual information, all of which are connected to drawing as a discipline. Jacquard weaving is at once simple and complex. The language used to set up weave structures is straightforward and binary: the warp is either up or down. With the Jacquard loom, however, each warp thread moves independently, allowing for almost infinite possibilities of mark-making. This ability to create marks, along with the linear qualities of the warp and weft, the intricacy of the interlaced yarns and the incremental process used in the construction make weaving a drawing medium for me.